Furniture store owner happy to lose $7M Super Bowl bet

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According to ABC 7 News, the Super Bowl bet has now cost the owner of a furniture store in Houston dearly because the Seahawks ran rings around the Broncos this weekend.

According to the news source:

"Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale said that he would give a full refund to customers who spent $6,000 or more at Gallery Furniture in the two weeks leading up to the game and had their orders delivered by 5pm on Sunday" said ABC affiliate KTRK

And McIngvale was true to his word. He announced on the company's website that he would, indeed, let his customers win. He wrote “Customers Win $7,000,000.”

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Sheila O'Connor is a freelance travel and news writer who lives in San Francisco. When not traveling the globe and discovering all things new or ancient, Sheila is at home with her one child (2 are in college) and one cat. Sheila is originally from Scotland and has the accent to prove it.

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